Participants:

Geni's got video somewhat covered, but I've got a lot of audio-only recordings of my family from the early 1950s through the late 1970s. I have them in WAV, WMA and MP3 formats, and several of them are more than [the video limit of] ten miniutes long.

Geni, when are you going to provide an official way to upload audio-only files of more than ten mintes so we can attach them to profiles and events?

In fact, it would be great to be able to add them to pictures also, as many digital cameras profide a way to automatically record sound clips at the same time a photo is taken.

Private User

10/11/2010 at 3:41 PM

David, that is so cool! I keep telling people to talk to their elders and to tape or video them while doing it. It would be wonderful to attach them to profiles. Thank you for bringing it to the attention of our Geni-Geeks.

Private User

10/11/2010 at 8:47 PM

Let me put in a plug for this wonderful non profit organization while we're talking about audio recordings:

My mom has been audio recording family and others since the 1970's, I think this is a great idea.

Private User

10/13/2010 at 2:35 PM

I actually took a class in Junior College called California History: Oral Traditions. It used movies and tape recordings made of the memoirs of pioneers. California in the 70's still had original settlers and/or their children around to tell their tales. Fascinating stuff. Not like you Mayflowereans with your centuries of history.

Private User

12/17/2010 at 9:12 PM

David, it makes sense to upload them to a blog, or website, or "cloud" and then put the link in Geni. That way you can retain control of them, and Geni does not have to further complicate the site.

To be real, some fo the very best of your recordings are going to be far longer than 15 or 20 minutes - and to some family members, these will be very important. You can store them full length on a blog, create composites, and provide links to geni and to other places too. You are on to a good thing.!!